But their relationship begins to transform when the German soldiers arrive to take them away to concentration camps. My hand tightened its grip on my father. I had one thought -- not to lose him. Not to be left alone (Wiesel 25). When Elie and his father arrived at Birkenau, and women and men were separated, we can see how Elie still instinctively relied on his father.
His feelings are filled with admiration and anger. Eliezer’s father is a respected figure within the Jewish community in Sighet. People are constantly soliciting Eliezer’s father for insight on matters even before the German occupied Sighet. This illustrates that the relationship between Eliezer and his father was based on respect and mixed feelings of hatred, envy and admiration. This is observed when Eliezer decides to study mysticism at a tender age which is contrary to the Jewish beliefs.
During the beginning of the war Elie had been a young boy of 15 years who had much innocence. He practiced his faith heavily with his mentor, Moishe the Beadle, and succeeded in staying out of trouble. When Moishe was suddenly expelled from his town of Singhet, Transylvania, for being a foreign Jew, Elie did not quite understand why because he had never been exposed to any kind of mistreatment towards Jewish people; he even believed that those who had been deported were “In Galicia, working, and that they were content with their fate” (Wiesel 6). As quickly as he had left Moishe returned telling all sorts of tales and fables of killings of Jews. Of course this had seemed preposterous at the time and made Moishe sound like a mad man, even Elie being a close friend “did not believe him.
The family having lived in America during the American Great Depression, it is clear that the family was ravaging in poverty and poor education. In fact, Nicole had to be assisted on how to write the letter to his father by the wife because he had no knowledge of how to write one (Mazer, 1993). In abundance desire to share his memories, Nicole found it valuable to invite some of his friends who could dine and share memories together with is his family (Mazer, 1993). Nicole valued his friends as his family, which helps the story buttress the importance of family (Mazer, 1993). According to the story, it is unfortunate that the dog found the goatskin and ate it up making it hard to build the ciramella (Mazer, 1993).
While Elie and his father were walking, Elie’s hand tighter on his father’s hand and all he could think of was not to lose his father ( 29-30). When Elie and his father were in the camps, Elie was happy that he was near his father. Elie’s father would give Elie tips to survive. Mr. Wiesel was chosen in the selection and he gave Elie the family inheritance. The inheritance was a spoon and a knife (75).
Maus II Chapter 1 Art gets a phone call from his father saying that his wife Mala, has stolen money from him and left him. He promptly goes with his wife to his father’s cabin to stay with him for a few days. On the drive there, Art explains to his wife how growing up with his parents idolizing his dead brother Richeu was hard for him. I can relate because I have always felt a sort of sibling rivalry with my older sister, though she is alive and well. The next day they go for a walk and he tells him about how he was lucky at Auschwitz, a polish guard kept him well fed and clothed so that he may learn English from him.
While in the ghetto, Misha found the Milgrom family. Janina and Misha did not understand what the ghetto was, so they thought it was such a cool place because it was only for Jews and Gypsies. After a while Misha starts to live with Janina’s family in ther apartment. He is now Misha Milgron according to Mr. Milgrom. Mrs. Milgrom and Shepsel, Janina’s uncle hate Misha because he came from the streets.
Yunior and his mother seem to have a good mother-son relationship she always was nice to him and took care of him like a normal mother. The same can’t be said about his father. Yuniors dad was a strict father. He never wanted Yunior to eat before they were leaving somewhere in the car because he got carsick and threw up in his dads car. On page 25 and 26 the narrator shows how his dad reacts when he finds out Yunior had eaten when they were about to leave, “Papi turned to me.
His remorse is expressed while he is talking to his wife and says, “Somehow, I wish I had been in Auschwitz with my parents so I could really know what they lived through! I guess it's some form of guilt about having had an easier life than they did.” Spiegelman is consumed by the horrible memories of the Holocaust. He admits that when he was a child, he would occasionally fantasized that the showers in his home would emit gas in place of water, and he would often ask himself which parent he would save from Auschwitz,
In fact, they were brothers. They bought the red convertible together and travelled around together. As readers, we could easily imagine their brotherhood, their excitement when buying the car and their happy time when travelling. After Henry returned from the army, though the narrator Lyman used flat tone in describing the overreaction of Henry and how he saw him eating bread with his blood, readers could directly feel how painful Lyman was as he was helpless in helping his brother. At the same time, the narrator didn’t use emotional words to express his feeling but readers could understand his pain of seeing how his brother suffered after war was already beyond explaining by words.